Diana Wynne Jones
Subtitle: An Exciting and Exacting Wisdom (Studies in Children's Literature, 1)
Contributors: Teya Rosenberg (Editor); Martha P. Hixon (Editor); Sharon M. Scapple (Editor); Donna R. White (Editor)
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing; Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Published: June 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780820456874
Subjects: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Essays; Literary Collections; 20th century; Books and reading; Children; Children's stories, English; Criticism and interpretation; Fantasy fiction, English; Great Britain; History; History and criticism; Jones, Diana Wynne; Literature: Classics
Description: "Diana Wynne Jones: An Exciting and Exacting Wisdom is a collection of scholarly essays examining the work of British author Diana Wynne Jones, whose prolific contributions to speculative fiction span the past thirty years. A contemporary of such well known fantasy authors as Alan Garner and Susan Cooper, Jones is also a clear influence on more recent writers such as J.K. Rowling. Her humorous and exciting stories, many published for children but read by people of all ages, are also complexly structured and thought provoking. These essays - written by academics and independent scholars from Australia, North America, Europe, and Asia - present a wide variety of approaches to and ideas about Jones's work. This book will be of interest to Jones's many admirers and to those who study or appreciate speculative fiction and children's literature."--Jacket.